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IMPSX-EF  +  681422 Sun, 01 Mar 09 08:06 AM
Hi,

Is there a contraction form for "There are" in informal American English? 

For example, we can contract  " You are /ju/ /ɑ:r/ "  to  " You're /jʊr/ ".   " They are /ðeɪ/ /ɑ:r/ "  to  " /ðer/ ",  etc.   Then, I have a question,
 
may I contract " There are /ðer/ /ɑ:r/ "  to  " /ðer/ " ?   I mean, how do you prononce " There are " in informal American English, when you

are speaking very fast?   Is there a contraction form for " There are"  ?


Thanks for your help.
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Mister Micawber  +  681446 Sun, 01 Mar 09 09:43 AM
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There're  /ðerər/.
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IMPSX-EF  +  681614 Sun, 01 Mar 09 06:18 PM
Mister Micawber
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There're  /ðerər/.
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Hi, Mister Micawber,

Thanks for taking your time to look at my question!  (:D) Big Smile

So, I can not speak  " There are /ðer/ /ɑ:r/ "  as  " /ðer/ ", right?  Are you sure that there is not any possibility?  I just...  Sometimes when I watch movies, I have been heard those actors saying " There are  /ðer/  some ... ... ",  which is also pronounced like, as you said,  " There are  /ðerər/ ".     I just can not figure out that what these actors exactly said,  " There are" -  /ðer/  or  /ðerər/.

Puzzled!  (*-)) Thinking
IMPSX-EF
Kooyeen  +  681666 Sun, 01 Mar 09 09:37 PM
The way I see it... THERE ARE can come out this way:
/ðerər/
/ðərər/

THERE ARE is often replaced with THERE'S, here are some quicker ways to say it:
/ðərz/
/ðəz/ (even faster)

So, at maximum speed, I can imagine hearing something like "thus some apples" (/ðəs səm.../), instead of "There're some apples". So don't worry, you are not completely crazy. Fast speech turns everything into a bunch of weird sounds. Smile Then it might vary from person to person or from dialect to dialect.
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IMPSX-EF, 264 days ago
Kooyeen
“The way I see it... THERE ARE can come out this way:
/ðerər/
/ðərər/

THERE ARE is often replaced with THERE'S, here are some quicker ways to say it:
/ðərz/
/ðəz/ (even faster)

So, at maximum speed, I can imagine hearing something like "thus some apples" (/ðəs səm.../), instead of "There're some apples". So don't worry, you are not completely crazy. Fast speech turns everything into a bunch of weird sounds. Smile Then it might vary from person to person or from dialect to dialect.
”


Okay,  Kooyeen, thank you!  (:D) Big Smile
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